| Obesity: How Intestinal Bacteria May Cause Weight Gain (Time.com) Posted: 05 Mar 2010 06:30 AM PST  Time.com - A growing body of research suggests that your ever expanding gut is not only the result of weight gain, but could potentially be a cause
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| Gut Bacteria May Spur Obesity, Research Suggests (HealthDay) Posted: 04 Mar 2010 08:48 PM PST HealthDay - THURSDAY, March 4 (HealthDay News) -- Intestinal bacteria may contribute to obesity and metabolic syndrome, a new study in mice suggests. |
| Gene test claims to show what diet works best (AP) Posted: 04 Mar 2010 02:22 PM PST AP - Diet not working? Blame your genes. That's the pitch behind a new test that claims to show whether people will do better on a low-fat or a low-carb weight loss plan. |
| Obesity and depression are a two-way street (Reuters) Posted: 04 Mar 2010 02:16 PM PST  Reuters - People who are obese are at increased risk of becoming depressed, and people who are depressed are at increased risk of becoming obese, Dutch researchers have found.
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| Could germs be making you fat? (Reuters) Posted: 04 Mar 2010 01:22 PM PST Reuters - Germs that make their home in the gut may help cause obesity and a range of health-threatening symptoms that go along with it, researchers reported on Thursday. |
